superstorm

Etymology

From super- + storm.

superstorm means A major storm (weather phenomenon). Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 88 out of 100.

noun

A major storm (weather phenomenon).“Before the report’s arrival on Friday, the consequences of global warming had been epically imagined — New Orleans-style swampings by superstorms, the specter of an Arctic meltdown and a water gush that would block heat-toting currents in the Atlantic Ocean and trigger an abrupt European cool-down.”